Standard Phonetic Alphabet
Word | *Spoken as | Word | *Spoken as | ||
A | ALFA | AL FAH | O | OSCAR | OSS CAH |
B | BRAVO | BRAH VOH | P | PAPA | PAH PAH |
C | CHARLIE | CHAR LEE | Q | QUEBEC | KEH BECK |
D | DELTA | DELL TAH | R | ROMEO | ROW ME OH |
E | ECHO | ECH OH | S | SIERRA | SEE AIR RAH |
F | FOXTROT | FOKS TROT | T | TANGO | TANG GO |
G | GOLF | GOLF | U | UNIFORM | YOU NEE FORM |
H | HOTEL | HOH TELL | V | VICTOR | VICK TAH |
I | INDIA | IN DEE AH | W | WHISKY | WISS KEY |
J | JULIET | JEW LEE ETT | X | X-RAY | ECKS RAY |
K | KILO | KEY LOH | Y | YANKEE | YANG KEY |
L | LIMA | LEE MAH | Z | ZULU | ZOO LOO |
M | MIKE | MIKE | |||
N | NOVEMBER | NO VEM BER | |||
* The syllables to be emphasised are in bold type |
Really found this usueful for my son, since he’s trying to become a police officer himself!
Awesome, Thanks!
Also – Only in Australia do we pronounce ‘TOR’ (As in ‘Victor’) as ‘TAH’. Love it.
Apparently we’re also the only mob that incorrectly spells alpha as “alfa”! (Maybe because we like alfa romeo cars? Alfalfa? Illiteracy? Who knows?)
Pretty much the same as international